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Peer reviewedDeGroff, Linda-Jo Caple – Elementary School Journal, 1987
Examines the influence of prior knowledge on the quality of fourth-grade students' responses to three process-approach tasks: writing, conferencing, and revising. Results suggest that prior knowledge is a significant factor in all phases of process-approach lessons. (NH)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Prior Learning
Download full textMaryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. Div. of Instruction. – 1990
Presenting syntheses of research on effective instruction in 30 program areas, this paper is designed as a resource to assist teachers in expanding and refining their repertoire of teaching strategies and to guide instructional planning and decision making. For each program area, the paper presents a "finding" (a one-sentence statement…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Cooperative Learning, Critical Thinking
